International Live Webinar on July 11: “Put Talent First: Practical Steps to Eliminate Gender Bias in Science”

The Fondation IPSEN is happy to announce the organization of an
international live webinar that will address practical issues of
gender-based discrimination in Science. This webinar is organized by
Science Journal (AAAS) in association with Fondation IPSEN. This event
will be held on July 11st at 6 pm (CET) / 12 pm (Washington DC).

The #metoo movement spread on social media as a hashtag to help
demonstrate the widespread prevalence of sexual assault and harassment
in the workplace. As a result, it encouraged women to reveal the extent
of problems. It has swept the entertainment industry, politics, and even
Uber. Is science next? This live roundtable discussion will address the
continuing problem of gender-based discrimination in science.

Our experts panel will examine the efforts being taken by scientific
organizations, academic centers, and funding agencies to end gender bias
in science. They will also consider the cultural changes needed in
science to prevent and eradicate discrimination, including moving the
narrative away from blaming the victim and excusing discriminatory
behavior, and will highlight the responsibility of society. Through
collective actions within the scientific community we wish to create
gender equitable, nondiscriminatory and bias-free workplaces.

SpeakersAnna Han, Ph.D.
(NIH, Bethesda, USA)
She is a senior behavioural scientist in
the Office of the Director, Scientific Workforce Diversity, at the
National Institutes of Health (NIH). Her work focuses on evidence-based
approaches to enhance the diversity and social inclusion in the
scientific workforce.

Kathryn Clancy, Ph.D. (University of Illinois, Urbana, USA)
She
is an American biological anthropologist specialized in reproductive
health. She is Associate Professor at the University of Illinois, in the
Department of Anthropology. Her additional research and policy advocacy
work focuses on sexual harassment in science and academia.

Isabelle Collet, Ph.D (University of Geneva, Switzerland)
She
obtained her Ph.D. in Education from the University of Paris-Nanterre,
France, in 2005, and the next year published the book, “Does computer
science have gender?” based on her thesis work. She has served as a
scientific expert on numerous gender-neutral education projects in STEM
in Belgium, France, and Switzerland. Her research interests are focused
on closing the gender gap in STEM (especially in IT) and developing
strategies of inclusion for women in higher education.

Moderated by Shirley Malcolm, Ph.D. (Science/AAAS, Washington, USA)
Shirley
Malcom is head of Education and Human Resources at AAAS. In this
position she works to improve the quality and increase access to
education and careers in STEM.

Science Journal (AAAS)
The American Association for the
Advancement of Science (AAAS) is the world’s largest general scientific
society and publisher of the journal Science as well as Science
Translational Medicine, Science Signaling and Science Advances.
AAAS was founded in 1848, and includes some 261 affiliated societies and
academies of science, serving 10 million individuals. Science has the
largest paid circulation of any peer-reviewed general science journal in
the world, with an estimated total readership of 1 million. The
non-profit AAAS (www.aaas.org)
is open to all and fulfils its mission to “advance science and serve
society” not only by publishing the very best scientific research but
also through initiatives in science policy, international programs and
science education.www.sciencemag.org

The Fondation IPSEN
Established in 1983 under the aegis of
the Fondation de France, Fondation IPSEN seeks to holistically promote
research in various therapeutic fields to improve human well-being and
health. In this respect, the Foundation aims to facilitate the process
of interdisciplinary groups of scientists and clinical practitioners
from different countries, to promote the interactions needed between
specialists in different fields of research, and to spread the knowledge
to the general public.www.fondation-ipsen.org